Re: [jamboost] relative import (boost.build v1)

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-22 10:36:19

Daniel Schlyder wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have the following files:
> 
> Jamfile
> Jamrules
> build/foo.jam
> build/bar.jam
> 
> Jamfile requires rules defined in build/foo.jam, which in turn requires rules
> defined in build/bar.jam. Currently, I'm import'ing both files in Jamrules, but
> I'd like to instead import build/bar.jam in build/foo.jam, if it's possible to
> do so only specifying path relative to build/foo.jam. I can't do
> 
> import build/bar.jam
> 
> because that would break if I decide to use the build/* files in another project
> where I don't put them in a directory named "build" under project-root.
> 
> Is it possible?

There are two ways...

1. If you add the build subdir to BOOST_BUILD_PATH you can just do:
import bar ;

or..

2. You can use relative paths, but only if you use it in a Jamfile:
import ./bar ;

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